Cambridge Companion to English Literature, 1830-1914

Informationen zum Autor Joanne Shattock is Professor of Victorian Literature at the University of Leicester. Klappentext A volume of new essays on Victorian themes! genres and authors! aimed at students and lecturers. Zusammenfassung These specially commissioned essays examine Victorian literature in depth and explore its boundaries: the links and overlap with Romanticism in the 1830s! and the roots of modernism. This Companion brings together the most important aspects of this prolific and popular period of English literature. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Joanne Shattock; Part I. Modes of Writing and their Contexts: 1. Authors and authorship Josephine Guy; 2. Readers and readerships Mary Hammond; 3. Life writing Alison Booth; 4. The culture of criticism Joanne Shattock; 5. Women's voices and public debate Susan Hamilton; 6. Writing the past Hilary Fraser; 7. Radical writing Sally Ledger; 8. Popular culture Katherine Newey; Part II. Intersections and Incursions: 9. Science and its popularization Gowan Dawson; 10. Body and mind Jenny Bourne Taylor; 11. Writing and religion Andrew Sanders; 12. Visual culture John Plunkett; Part III. The Centre and the Periphery: 13. Empire and nationalism Patrick Brantlinger; 14. Transatlantic relations Bridget Bennett; 15. European exchanges Alison Chapman; Guide to further reading; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Joanne Shattock
• Assisted by: Joanne Shattock (Editor), Joanne (University of Leicester) Shattock (Editor), Shattock Joanne (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2010
• EAN: 9780521709323
• ISBN: 978-0-521-70932-3
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 229 mm x 16 mm
• Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature; Cambridge Companions to Litera; Cambridge Companions to Literature
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, C 1900 - C 1914, c 1900 to c 1909